The Young Captives

Portada
1st World Publishing, 2004 - 244 páginas
A CLASH of swords and the cries of excited men resounded through the streets of the city. Two guards-men were endeavoring to disarm and arrest a number of boisterous youths. The latter, evidently young men of good social position, had been singing bacchanalian songs and otherwise conducting themselves in a manner contrary to the spirit of orderliness which King Josiah was striving to establish in Jerusalem. The youths were intoxicated, and, when the two officers sought to restrain them, they drew swords and made a reckless attack on the guardians of the peace. Although the latter were outnumbered, they were courageous and skillful men, and soon had three of the party disarmed, accomplishing this without bloodshed. The fourth and last of the marauders, a handsome and stalwart young man apparently about twenty-one years of age, although at first desirous of keeping out of the melee, sprang to the aid of his companions. He cleverly tripped one of the watchmen and grappled with the other in such a way that the officer could not use his sword arm. This fierce onslaught gave the other members of the party new courage, and they joined in the battle again. The conflict might then have been settled in favor of the lawless party but for an unexpected circumstance.

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PREFACE
5
CHAPTER I
7
CHAPTER II
11
CHAPTER III
14
CHAPTER IV
19
CHAPTER V
24
CHAPTER VI
33
CHAPTER VII
36
CHAPTER XIV
91
CHAPTER XV
101
CHAPTER XVI
106
CHAPTER XVII
121
CHAPTER XVIII
135
CHAPTER XIX
153
CHAPTER XX
168
CHAPTER XXI
176

CHAPTER VIII
44
CHAPTER IX
48
CHAPTER X
59
CHAPTER XI
68
CHAPTER XII
77
CHAPTER XIII
85
CHAPTER XXII
180
CHAPTER XXIII
189
CHAPTER XXV
195
CHAPTER XXVI
212
CHAPTER XXVII
225
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